From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 14 05:48:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BBFD16A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:48:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E3143D5C for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:48:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rskennan@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id q1so317537rnf for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:48:23 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=XBmpqyAYN31Y7VN0d3TFkoSeyb0WHjCa1BfiAEZuOy4aA0W301wSFXasyrc7g3ppKPkwk4ePdzmifDdAiPNg/XKU60jWxubt3/bU2zpF5VLlQezG5o6Eskmf1prtjt/prM7vHRXlZHIScNPbihWrOhf6vk7Xmo/qq+lR471Hr6I= Received: by 10.38.150.47 with SMTP id x47mr525136rnd; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:48:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.126.66 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:48:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:48:23 -0500 From: "R. Scott Kennan" To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." In-Reply-To: <41BDC787.40000@daleco.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41BDC787.40000@daleco.biz> cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home Network, step by step? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "R. Scott Kennan" List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:48:24 -0000 I'm sorry, but in my earlier message, I neglected to fully explain my setup. I can't afford $50 for a router (the holidays etc.), so I have to do it the hard way, at least for now. I'm a writer, and I want to be able to work on my own computer during the holidays without constantly being asked by my family to use the internet. Ok, here's my setup: I have broadband over a surfboard modem from Cox cable. I have an ethernet card (D-link) that I just picked up, and a crossover cable that connects the two computers via this card, to another, identical one on the linux box. I've had this working using Win XP (very easily), but I really don't want to go back if I can avoid it. Here's the results of ifconfig (I can't make heads or tails of it- which one is my incoming internet connection? ): fwe0: flags=108802 mtu 1500 options=8 ether 02:e0:18:11:a5:2b ch 1 dma -1 bfe0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 options=8 inet6 fe80::2e0:18ff:fef9:96e9%bfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 68.230.154.245 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 68.230.155.255 ether 00:e0:18:f9:96:e9 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active rl0: flags=8802 mtu 1500 options=8 ether 00:11:95:1d:43:fd media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: no carrier plip0: flags=108810 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 Anyway, thank you all very much, I really appreciate the help. On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:47:03 -0600, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > R. Scott Kennan wrote: > > >Hey everyone, this is my first post. I'm a freebsd Newbie who really > >doesn't know much at all yet, so please excuse my probably lame > >question. > > > > > > > > Welcome! No question is dumb, per se; it is worse to not ask > and remain ignorant, IMHO. The quid pro quo is that it is > more appropriate to ask the list on freebsd-questions; I would > guess however that you couldn't have known that without reading > the list charters, which seems like a bother (but may prove > interesting to you later on). It does beg the question, "what's > the newb list for", ;-) but that's not relevant to this post. > > At any rate, the question.... > > > > >At any rate, I need to network two computers- my BSD box, and one > >running Mandrake Linux 9.2 (for now). I also need to share my > >internet connection. Actually the internet connection sharing is more > >important. What steps do I need to take? All the pages I've brought up > >seem to assume some prior knowledge of both networking and/or Unix (I > >have absoultely none), and I apparently don't even know enough to > >recognise the information in the FreeBSD handbook. I installed FreeBSD > >to learn, but I'm totally lost in this matter. > > > >If anyone can help me, or tell me to RTFM (as long as you point out > >the manual) I'd appreciate it. Once again, Sorry for the dumb > >question. Thanks. > > > >-R. Scott Kennan > > > > Darren K. & others have been pointing you in the right general > direction. Using an internet facing **router** instead of a switch > would get you up and going with a relatively small investment of > cash and even less of RTFM. To do it with no/less cash, (but a > counterbalancing investment in time/knowledge gained) you'll need > to use one of the computers you already have and NAT. If you > use a broadband Inet connection, you'll need to run natd(8) > and have a working knowledge of kernel building or kldloading > along with familiarity with ipfw(8); if you have a PPP or PPPOE > type connection, you may be able to run your ppp with the -nat > option, as I do at home (dialup; too many feet out of town here > in the sticks....) > > As for routers, I have used the LinkSys BEFSR41 and the D-Link > DI-604* for this purpose in SOHO environments with {relatively} > few problems. Once I learned enough about FreeBSD, I began > to switch out these small devices for old computers (of which I > have a plethora), in order to have more fine-grained control of > things (particularly firewalling and offering more services to the > LAN machines). > > To learn the basics of NAT (Network Address Translation), you > should read the Handbook subchapter on "Network Address > Translation" in the "Advanced Networking Chapter" (which in > my current doc build is section .8 of chapter 24 [24.8]. I think > my copy is relatively up to date ... if your doc build [assuming > you have one] is older, the numbering system may vary slightly. > > To learn the specifics, there is a section called "RUNNING NATD" > in the natd(8) manual page; it covers the necessary information > for enabling natd in the kernel, adding rules to ipfw(8), and so > on. > > Good luck, and welcome to FreeBSD! > > Kevin Kinsey > > *Heck, buy pizza for the family and I'll send ya the Dlink.... :-D >